Legal Opinion
Norman Whitney, Sr. v. City of St. Louis, Missouri
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 12, 2018No. 17-2019PublishedCited by 128 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ERICKSON, Circuit Judge.
Norman Whitney, Sr. ("Whitney Sr.") brought this action after his son, a pretrial detainee who had recently been treated for suicidal thoughts, hanged himself in a cell that was monitored by closed-circuit television. Whitney Sr. asserted state law wrongful death claims and federal claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against correctional officer Shelley Sharp and the City of St. Louis. The district court 1 dismissed the federal claims because the complaint failed to allege that Sharp knew that Whitney Sr.'s son presented a suicide risk and because the City could not be…
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